[Avodah] Who is a Talmid Chacham

[Doron Beckerman]

 It doesn't have to do with innate output ability, but with Ameilus in
plumbing the depths of Torah. The more one exerts oneself in learning, the
greater the Zechus. See Netziv (Haamek Davar  Bereishis14:14) - "The merit
of  the Torah is the sword of Yisrael... therefore, the more intense the
battle, the greater the need for delving yet deeper into the Halachah and
sharpening the sword."

(And, as Tosafos says in Kesuvos 63a - "Derech Hu Beholeich Lilmod
Shena'aseh Adam Gadol.")

It is worth citing the Netziv (Harchev Davar Shemos 25:20) - "Now, it is
the king's will that anyone who is fit for war should become a warrior, and
one who dodges ("Hamishtamet')  this, even if it is based on the
government's laws that he is not obligated to become a warrior,
nonetheless, that is not the essential will of the king.

<And now, for the gotcha moment....> So too it is the will of Hashem tha
all Jews who are fit for toil in Torah should become Bnei Torah, and one
who dodges that, even if he has reasons that bring him to that situation,
nonetheless he is not considered one who is not doing the will of Hashem,
both in Berachos and Bava Basra. Even though they were involved in Avodah,
nonetheless, since they were not toiling in Torah as they were in the
desert, this is not called doing the will of Hashem."
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